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A general election will be held in the U.S. state of Oklahoma on November 6, 2018. All of Oklahoma's executive officers are up for election as well as the state's five seats in the United States House of Representatives, half of the 48 seats in the Oklahoma Senate and all 101 seats in the Oklahoma House, and five offices in each of Oklahoma's 77 counties.
Contents
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Attorney General
- Treasurer
- State Auditor and Inspector
- Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Commissioner of Insurance
- Commissioner of Labor
- Corporation Commissioner
- United States House of Representatives
- References
Thanks to Gary Johnson's results in the presidential election, the Oklahoma Libertarian Party has ballot status to run candidates in 2018. This will be the first time an alternative party will be able to participate in mid-term elections in the state since 1998.
Governor
Incumbent Republican Governor Mary Fallin is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third consecutive term.
Connie Johnson (D), state Senator from Oklahoma City from 2005 to 2015, announced on February 3, 2017 that she would run for governor in 2018.
Lieutenant Governor
In Oklahoma, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected separately. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Todd Lamb is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third consecutive term.
State Representative Jerry McPeak is considering running for the Democratic nomination.
Attorney General
Incumbent Republican Attorney General Scott Pruitt was term-limited and could run for a third term before his resignation to become Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2017. Mike Hunter was appointed as Pruitt's successor, and is eligible to seek election in his own right.
Treasurer
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Ken A. Miller is term-limited and cannot run for a third term.
Republican State Auditor Gary Jones is considering running for Treasurer.
State Auditor and Inspector
Incumbent Republican State Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones is term-limited and cannot run for a third term.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister is eligible to run for re-election to a second term.
Commissioner of Insurance
Incumbent Republican Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak is term-limited and cannot run for a third term.
Commissioner of Labor
Republican Labor Commissioner Mark Costello, who was re-elected to a second term in 2014, was fatally stabbed on August 23, 2015. Attorney General Scott Pruitt's chief of staff Melissa Houston was appointed to serve for the remainder of the term, but pledged that she would not run for election in 2018.
Corporation Commissioner
One of the three seats on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission are up for election. Incumbent Republican Commissioner Bob Anthony, the Chairman of the Commission, is eligible to run for re-election to a sixth six-year term in office.
United States House of Representatives
Oklahoma's five seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election in 2018.